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Soberful

344: Travel With the Sober Single Mum

Soberful

Veronica Valli

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8628 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Explore the transformative journey of Lauren Brunesson as she navigates life from Northern Ireland to global adventures, embracing sobriety and self-discovery. This episode delves into cultural insights, the power of intuition, and the rise of sober travel communities. Join us for an inspiring conversation on overcoming addiction and living a holistic, adventurous life.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I dreamt that you were twisting through seven sons of gold and the gypsy was insisting

0:10.1

that his story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning

0:19.1

that you might be a treasure. I could touch but never hold.

0:27.6

Hi, everybody. You are listening to the Soberful podcast. I'm your host, Veronica Valley, and I am joined by

0:34.8

Laurenne Brunison. Am I saying that correctly? Yes, that's right. Yeah.

0:39.1

Hi, Lauren. Welcome. Hi, Veronica. Nice to see you. And you are, you have a blog called Adventures of a Sober Single

0:46.6

Mum, which is all about your adventures traveling in sobriety. Now, is it one kid you have or how many? Yes, I have one very strong-willed

0:57.7

four-year-old, almost five. Oh, my goodness. Oh, I didn't realize that young. Wow. Oh,

1:03.5

amazing. Well, I want to hear more about that, but I want to hear about your story. And where's your

1:09.0

accent from? I'm originally from Northern Ireland.

1:11.9

Okay. I'm to Antrim, but I have traveled quite a lot, so it's a little bit diluted. And I live in,

1:19.1

currently live in Scotland. Okay. Yeah, I was, I was really trying to listen. I'm just watching that

1:23.7

TV show on Netflix, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.

1:31.1

Oh, wow. I haven't heard of it. Oh, it's really good. It's got, it's really, yeah, it's the same woman who wrote Derry Girls. Okay. Because you see Derry Girls.

1:35.5

I watched it, yes. It's, yeah, yeah, funny, very nostalgic. I grew up at the end of the

1:41.6

troubles there. Yeah, I mean, I obviously am not Northern Irish,

1:46.3

but I would have been about the same age, like that particular age of being a teenager in the

1:51.4

early 1990s when those girls were. It was very funny. Anyway, her new one is how to get to heaven

1:57.6

from Belfast and is more of a sort of adventure with like these like these middle-aged women. And it's really funny. Anyway, they go into Ireland as well. So like I can tell the difference with the accents, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. Yeah, yeah. No, that's good. Sounds good. Lots of good things like that coming out of Northern Ireland at the minute, I think. Yeah, one of my favourite shows is a blue lights.

2:20.1

I just heard about that.

2:21.3

So good.

2:22.5

So it's just, I think probably one of the best TV cop dramas.

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